Hi all ! I wanted to share my home made IMDB support with you I made a new folder next to (or rather above) Transcode folder and called it "movie info". In this folder u can see some most important imdb infos about the file u selected, such as TITLE, YEAR, RANKING, GENRE, PLOT,TAGLINE,DIRECTOR and CAST. But in order for it to work at best u should have the NFO file in the same folder (and name) as the video file, containing imdb movie ID. (most of my downloaded movie have such nfo file). I also automaticly download the nfo file from the internet and then when its not found I check the harddrive. When no nfo is found at all, movie title is imported from the file name (if possible) Any suggestions and/or changes are welcome, its a start but I know this can become huge lol Next thing on my todo list is to improve the parsing of the movie titles from the file names ..

I have just uploaded the compiled executable jar, all you have to do is download the file unzip it and replace the jar and MOVIEINFO.conf in PS3MS directory ( better make backup first) You'll need to have the latest build Download it here

Features/Things to know

Movie name is pulled from the nfo file, if nfo file doesnt exist in the same directory as the video file,it will be downloaded from a website

If nfo file cant be find, movie name is pulled from file name.

If movie name cant be pulled from file name it will be pulled from the directory name.

Both file name and directory name are filtered with words specified in MOVIECONF.conf (more details in MOVIEINFO.conf)

Movie title,ranking, tagline, genre, cast and the director(s) are displayed in MOVIEINFO folder on the ps3.(or other clients)

You can see a thumbnail of the movie by clicking on the title 'folder', by clicking on the cast you can see the actor thumbnail.

Clicking on a thumbnail makes it go fullscreen (1sec video is made from one image, IMDB works best as many of the images are in HQ)

You can adjust how many actors to display on the screen by changing the 'NumberOfActors=' value in MOVIEINFO.conf

You can specify what movie infomation to display and in which order by changing the 'DisplayInfo=' value in MOVIEINFO.conf (more details in MOVIEINFO.conf)

You can enable or disable automatic download of covers by changing the 'Covers=' value in MOVIEINFO.conf(more details in MOVIEINFO.conf)

U can specify the length of the plot line by changing the 'Linelength=' value in MOVIEINFO.conf (more details in MOVIEINFO.conf)

If there are some unwanted/wrong characters displaying in the plot, you can replace them by adding a new 'CleanDisplay' line in MOVIEINFO.conf (more details in MOVIEINFO.conf)

Plugin support (see below)

You can enable disable plugins,and changing the order by changing the 'Plugins=' value in MOVIEINFO.conf (see blue text)

In MOVIEINFO.conf you can enable and disable the plugins. By default all plugins are enabled, but this can get really slow,thats why it's recommended that u enable ONLY the plugins you are going to use!!If you for example want to use IMDB and MOVIEMETER plugin, edit "Plugins=" line in MOVIEINFO.conf in the following way: Plugins=IMDB,MOVIEMETER(I recommend leaving IMDB plugin always on, as it supports actors and their thumbnails)

Update 6 May 2009I reverse the order of getting the nfo file...now movie directory is first then the internetNow I also search the whole file name (handy when filename is a movie ie. "usual suspects.avi" and no nfo file is available)Changed how the plot summary is being cut to fit on tvFull cast is now shown along with their characters.

Update 7 May 2009Thumbnails support added ! just enter the title folder or any of the cast directory

Update 8 May 2009No More random numbers in text and url. Thanks to this fix, parsing is close to perfectionBetter Tv Show DetectionSupport for hexadecimal charactes from html

Update 11 May 2009slightly improve Moviename detection from filenameAdded (internal) plugin support. ( 3 plugins atm -> IMDB,CSFD(Czech) and FILMWEB(Polish) )Added MOVIEINFO.conf (config file in PMS root directory)Added Tv resolution support for displaying Plot (can be changed in MOVIEINFO.conf ->Linelength)Number of cast to display can now also be changed in MOVIEINFO.confPlugins can be switch on or off in MOVIEINFO.confWebsites are now decoded in UTF-8Temporary files deleted at exit

Update 12 May 2009slightly improve Moviename detection from filename (depends on what u add to the filter)Added a filter for words in filename (words can be added in MOVIEINFO.conf, filtered words will be removed from filename, filter is case insensitive)Added the ability to replace the Strings that are displayed on the TV (replace method in MOVIEINFO.conf)Ratings stars are now rounded up (rating of 6,6 becomes 7 stars)Improved filename filter (different syntax in MOVIEINFO.conf, so replace old conf with this new one)Added parsing of Genre for CSFD pluginFilter now works for all filenamesNfo is now also searched for (plugin's) links if imdb url doesnt exist in nfo file.

Update 13 May 2009Added retrieval of movie title from directory when everything else fails

Update 15 May 2009Added DVD support.(first it search for nfo file in the same directory (& same name) as .iso or VIDEO_TS, then it searches for filename, then the directory name)Added support for short CSFD links in nfo files.Added support for short FILMWEB links in google search.Added MOVIEMETER (Dutch) Plugin.Added thumbnails for CSFD,FILMWEB and MOVIEMETERImproved support for CSFD' movie details

Update 16 May 2009Improved search for tvshows in CSFD and FILMWEBHttp request is now encoded in UTF-8Improved movie search for FILMWEBImproved filename 'cleanup'Added ALLOCINE (French) Plugin

Update 21 May 2009Added better plot support for FILMWEB and OFDB plugins (full plot is now imported from a subpage)Added ONFILM (Danish) Plugin

Update 26 May 2009Added MOVIEINFO support in Media LibraryFixed bugs in OFDB, FILMWEB, FILMDELTA and ALLOCINE pluginsKINOPOISK (Russian) Plugin added It is recommended when using this plugin to set "linelength" in MOVIEINFO.CONF to "55" Update 27 May 2009Fixed FILMWEB issues (added cookies, Plot should be displaying correctly now)Added tv show search support for KINOPOISKFixed a bug when converting hexadecimal html notation to lettersAdded KINOPOISK plugin (for real this time :P, I realized it wasnt included in the previous update)

Update 28 May 2009Fixed a bug with DVD support in MediaLibraryFixed a bug in FILMWEB pluginFixed a bug with TV show support for KINOPOISK plugin (may have broken other things, but its now fixed)

Update 14 June 2009You can now change what movie info to display and in which order. (see MOVIEINFO.conf for more info)Based on r344

Update 15 June 2009Added automatic downloading of covers (can be disabled in MOVIEINFO.conf)

Update 17 June 2009Fixed DVD supportbased on r345

Update 29 June 2009Fixed bug with multiple urls in nfo files.Removed cover retrieval in MediaLibrary (no more errors, it wasnt working anyway)based on r346

[u]Update 3 July 2009[/u]Added support for http gzip compression (>20% speedup ?)Improved recognition of HTML tagsBy default only IMDB plugin in enable. (you can enable other plugins manually if you want, see MOVIEINFO.conf for more details)Based on r347

[u]Update 16 July 2009 update[/u]Added Trailers for IMDB plugin only. (I'm forcing transcoding to [b]mencoder[/b] , trailer is streamed from youtube in HD if available 8-) or HQ :mrgreen: . you can access trailer from "title" folder)

latest updates:

Update 27 July 2009Added optional Age Rating category for IMDB (can be enabled in MOVIEINFO.conf under Display=)Movie covers are now being downloaded from the first plugin.

Update 17 August 2009Fixed bug with the latest r356

Update 31 August 2009Fixed some bugs. (Youtube trailers are fixed now, also some other fixes)Added two sources for youtube trailers (youtube.com (always HD) and google.com (can be HD or SD))Added a tag in front of the trailer name. ([HD] or [SD])Change trailer name to the original video name from youtube (instead of the movie title)

What about generating all that plot summary text as an image file instead? Ok, you wouldn't have it all listed in the XMB, you would have to view the generated image file, but it would mean less info on screen.

What about generating all that plot summary text as an image file instead? Ok, you wouldn't have it all listed in the XMB, you would have to view the generated image file, but it would mean less info on screen.

Just a suggestion...

I think there is enough space on screen...and text as an image is waaaay to complicated for me

Flak wrote:On a windows install where would these files go?

U need to compile those files. There are other threads(somewhere) on how to compile and patch the sourcecode.